Oh, I meant to talk about the walker.
The hospital issued a walker - one of these cage like things with two small wheels. He was very awkward with it and hated to walk at all. So I got him this thing:
Rollator
It made a world of difference in the attitude towards walking as well as mobility.
He can venture outside and not worry about getting too tired to make it back - he can just sit down and rest anywhere.
He can fetch things from the kitchen, put them in the basket and take them wherever he wants.
The thing has a little learning curve - you have to work the brakes and the 4 wheels pivot and will go anywhere in any tight space almost like a bycicle. He has fun with this!
It makes it easy to carry the wound vac anyplace, just put it in the basket. It has a carrying bag - but it kept bumping into the old walker - it's a very sensitive little computer and that was no good.
With the hospital walker he was moving very slowly and laboriously, but as soon as he got this thing he started zooming around. The therapist was impressed and credits his (very fast) recovery partially to this walker.
I highly recommend this. I bought it locally and assembled and it cost a lot more than at Amazon, but I get to deduct it from taxes as medical expense, and when we are done with it I will donate it to the local senior home and can deduct it again.